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Syrian American
Notable Syrian Americans
Raphael of Brooklyn • Tige Andrews • Michael Ansara Yasser Seirawan • Steve Jobs • Mona Simpson Callie Khouri • Mitch Daniels • Wafa Sultan Paula Abdul • Jerry Seinfeld • Shannon Elizabeth Teri Hatcher • Queen Noor of Jordan • Brandon Saad |
Total population | |
154,560[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Louisiana, Ohio, Iowa, Texas | |
Languages | |
American English, Arabic (variants of Syrian Arabic), Neo Aramaic, Kurdish, Western Armenian, French | |
Religion | |
Majority: Christianity (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic) Minorities: Islam (Sunni) and Judaism |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Syrian people · Lebanese Americans · Palestinian Americans · Egyptian Americans · Jordanian Americans · Armenian Americans · Assyrian Americans |
Syrian Americans are Americans of Syrian ancestry or nationality. Syrian Americans may be members of a number of differing ethnicities, including Arabs, Assyrians/Syriacs, Antiochian Greeks, Jews, Kurds, Armenians and Circassians. It is believed that the first significant wave of Syrian immigrants to arrive in the United States was in 1880.[2] Many of the earliest Syrian Americans settled in New York, Boston, and Detroit. Immigration from Syria to the United States suffered a long hiatus after the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924, which restricted immigration. More than 40 years later, the Immigration Act of 1965, abolished the quotas and immigration from Syria to the United States saw a surge. An estimated 64,600 Syrians emigrated to the United States between 1961 and 2000.[3]
The overwhelming majority of Syrian immigrants to the U.S. from 1880 to 1960 were Christian, a minority were Jewish,[4] whereas Muslim Syrians arrived in the United States chiefly after 1965. According to the United States 2000 Census, there were 142,897 Americans of Syrian ancestry, about 12% of the Arab population in the United States.[1]
The first Syrian immigrants arrived in the United States from Ottoman Syria. Most of them came from Christian villages around Mount Lebanon, while around 5-10% were Muslims of different sects. A small number were also Palestinians.[5][6] According to historian Philip Hitti, approximately 90,000 "Syrians" arrived in the United States between 1899 and 1919.[7] An estimated 1,000 official entries per year came from the governorates of Damascus and Aleppo, which are governorates in modern-day Syria, in the period between 1900 and 1916.[8] Early immigrants settled mainly in Eastern United States, in the cities of New York, Boston and Detroit and the Paterson, New Jersey area. In the 1920s, the majority of immigrants from Mount Lebanon began to refer themselves as "Lebanese" instead of "Syrians".[9]
Syrians, like most immigrants to the United States, were motivated to immigrate to the United States to pursue the American Dream of economic success.[10] Many Christian Syrians had immigrated to the United States seeking religious freedom and an escape from Ottoman hegemony.[11] Thousands of immigrants returned to Syria after making money in the United States; these immigrants told tales which inspired further waves of immigrants. Many settlers also sent for their relatives.
Although the number of Syrian immigrants was not sizable, the Ottoman government set constraints on emigration in order to maintain its populace in Greater Syria. The United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924, which greatly reduced Syrian immigration to the United States.[12] However, the quotas were annulled by the Immigration Act of 1965, which opened the doors again to Syrian immigrants. 4,600 Syrians immigrated to the United States in the mid-1960s.[3] Due to the Arab-Israeli and religious conflicts in Syria during this period, many Syrians immigrated to the United States seeking a democratic haven, where they could live in freedom without political suppression.[11] An estimated 64,600 Syrians immigrated to the United States in the period between 1961 and 2000, of which ten percent have been admitted under the refugee acts.[3]
According to the United States 2000 Census, there are 142,897 Americans of Syrian ancestry living in the United States.[1] New York City has the biggest concentration of Syrian Americans in the United States. Other urban areas, including Boston, Dearborn, New Orleans, Toledo, Cedar Rapids, and Houston have large Syrian populations.[8] Syrian Americans are also numerous in Southern California (i.e. the Los Angeles and San Diego areas) and Arizona, many are descendants of farm laborers invited with their farm skills to irrigate the deserts in the early 20th century.[citation needed]. Many recent Syrian immigrants are medical doctors who studied at Damascus and Aleppo Universities and pursued their residencies and fellowships in the United States.[citation needed]
The traditional clothing of the first Syrian immigrants in the United States, along with their occupation as peddlers, led to some xenophobia. Dr. A. J. McLaughlin, the United States health officer at Marine Hospital, described Syrians as "parasites in their peddling habits." However, Syrians reacted quickly to assimilate fully into their new culture. Immigrants Anglicized their names, adopted the English language and common Christian denominations.[13] Syrians did not congregate in urban enclaves; many of the immigrants who had worked as peddlers were able to interact with Americans on a daily basis. This helped them to absorb and learn the language and customs of their new homeland. Additionally, military service during World War I and World War II helped accelerate assimilation. Assimilation of early Syrian immigrants was so successful that it has become difficult to recognize the ancestors of many families which have become completely Americanized.[8]
Post 1965 Immigration was mostly Muslim. Generally, they are not overly desirous of giving up their identity as Arabs, which might be a result of the bloom in multiculturalism to respect their Islamic religious customs and traditions in the United States.[13]
Christian Syrian Americans arrived in the United States in the late 19th century. Most Christian Syrian Americans are Greek Orthodox.[14] There are also many Catholic Syrian Americans; most branches of Catholicism are of the Eastern rite, such as Maronite Catholics, Melkite Greek Catholics, Armenian Catholics, Syrian Catholics, and Assyrian Chaldean Catholics. There are only few minor differences between the different branches of Catholicism; such differences include the language/s church services are conducted, and the belief in papal infallibility. A few Christian Syrian Americans are Protestant. There are also members of the Assyrian Church of the East and Ancient Church of the East. The first Syrian American church was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1895 by Saint Raphael of Brooklyn.[15] There are currently hundreds of Eastern Orthodox churches and missions in the United States.[8][16] Saint Nicholas and Saint George are popular saints for the Orthodox.
Muslim Syrian Americans arrived chiefly after 1965.[17] The largest sect in Islam is the Sunni sect, forming 74% of the Muslim Syrian population.[18] The second largest sect in Islam in Syria is the Alawite sect, a religious sect that originated in Shia Islam but separated from other Shiite Islam groups in the ninth and tenth centuries.[19] Most, if not all, Alawi Syrians come from the rural areas of Latakia Governorate. Muslim Syrian Americans have often found it difficult practicing their religion in the United States; For example, some Muslims, who are required to pray five times a day as part of Muslim rite, argue that there aren't enough mosques in the United States.
Druzes form the third largest sect in Syria, which is a relatively small esoteric monotheistic religious sect. Early Syrian immigrants included Druze peddlers.[8]
Syrian Jews first immigrated to the United States around 1908 and settled mostly in New York.[20] Initially they lived on the Lower East Side; later settlements were in Bensonhurst and Ocean Parkway in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The Syrian Jewish community estimates its population at around 50,000.[21]
Early Syrian Americans were not involved politically.[11] Business owners were usually Republican, meanwhile labor workers were usually Democrats. Second generation Syrian Americans were the first to be elected for political roles. In light of the Arab-Israeli conflict, many Syrian Americans tried to affect American foreign policy by joining Arab political groups in the United States.[22] In the early 1970s, the National Association of Arab-Americans was formed to negate the stereotypes commonly associated with Arabs in American media.[22] Syrian Americans were also part of the Arab American Institute, established in 1985, which supports and promotes Arab American candidates, or candidates commiserative with Arabs and Arab Americans, for office.[11] Mitch Daniels, who served as Governor of Indiana from 2005-2013, is a descendant of Syrian immigrants with relatives in Homs.[23][24]
The majority of the early Syrian immigrants arrived in the United States seeking better jobs; they usually engaged in basic commerce, especially peddling.[10] Syrian American peddlers found their jobs comfortable since peddling required little training and mediocre vocabulary. Syrian American peddlers served as the distribution medium for the products of small manufacturers. Syrian peddlers traded mostly in dry goods, primarily clothing. Networks of Syrian traders and peddlers across the United States aided the distribution of Syrian settlements; by 1902, Syrians could be found working in Seattle, Washington.[25] Most of these peddlers were successful, and, with time, and after raising enough capital, some became importers and wholesalers, recruiting newcomers and supplying them with merchandise.[25] By 1908, there were 3,000 Syrian-owned businesses in the United States.[8] By 1910, the first Syrian millionaires had emerged.[26]
Syrian Americans gradually started to work in various métiers; many worked as physicians, lawyers, and engineers. Many Syrian Americans also worked in the bustling auto industry, bringing about large Syrian American gatherings in areas like Dearborn, Michigan.[27] Later Syrian emigrants served in fields like banking, medicine, and computer science. Syrian Americans have a different occupational distribution than all Americans. According to the 2000 census, 42% of the Syrian Americans worked in management and professional occupations, compared with 34% of their counterparts in the total population; additionally, more Syrian Americans worked in sales than all American workers.[28] However, Syrian Americans worked less in the other work domains like farming, transportation, construction, etc. than all American workers.[28] According to the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which represents American health care providers of Syrian descent, there are estimated 4000 Syrian physicians practicing in the United States representing 0.4% of the health workforce and 1.6% of international medical graduates.[29] However the reported number of Syrian American physicians does not include the second and third generation of Syrian descent, therefore it is estimated that there are 10,000 Syrian American physicians practice in the United States.[citation needed]
The median level of earnings for Syrian men and women is higher than the national earning median; employed Syrian men earned an average $46,058 per year, compared with $37,057 for all Americans and $41,687 for Arab Americans.[28] Syrian American families also had a higher median income than all families and lower poverty rates than those of the general population.[28]
Syrians value strong family ties. Unlike young Americans, young Syrians find leaving their family unnecessary to set up their independence; the reason being, is that Syrian society just like Southwest Asia, North Africa and the wider Eastern world, places great emphasis on the group rather than the individual. In the West the individual is key and the group is secondary. Respect and social status are important in Syrian societies. Men are respected for their financial success or their honesty and sincerity. Syrians are characterized by their magnanimity and graciousness, ethics which are integral to Syrian life.[30]"[25] However, much of the Syrian traditions have diminished with time, mainly due to the fast pace of life in America which encourages individual independence.[citation needed]
Syrians consider eating an important aspect of social life. There are many Syrian dishes which have become popular in the United States. Unlike many Western foods, Syrian foods take more time to cook, are less expensive and usually more healthy.[31] Pita bread (khubz), which is round flat bread, and hummus, a dip made of ground chickpeas, sesame tahini, lemon juice, and garlic, are two popular Syrian foods. Baba ghanoush, or eggplant spreads, is also a dish made by Syrians. Popular Syrian salads include tabbouleh and fattoush. The Syrian cuisine includes other dishes like stuffed zucchini (mahshe), dolma, kebab, kibbeh, kibbeh nayyeh, mujaddara, shawarma, and shanklish. Syrians often serve selections of appetizers, known as meze, before the main course. Za'atar, minced beef, and cheese manakish are popular hors d'œuvre. Syrians are also well known for their cheese. A popular Syrian drink is the arak beverage. One of the popular desserts made by Syrians is the baklava, which is made of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and soaked in honey.[31]
Syrian music includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arab classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music. Syrian music is characterized by an emphasis on melody and rhythm, as opposed to harmony. There are some genres of Syrian music that are polyphonic, but typically, most Syrian and Arabic music is homophonic. Syrian music is also characterized by the predominance of vocal music. The prototypical Arabic music ensemble in Egypt and Syria is known as the takht, and relies on a number of musical instruments that represent a standardized tone system, and are played with generally standardized performance techniques, thus displaying similar details in construction and design. Such musical instruments include the oud, kanun, rabab, ney, violin, riq and tableh.[32] The Jews of Syria sang pizmonim.
Modern Syrian music has incorporated instruments from the West, including the electric guitar, cello, double bass and oboe, and incorporated influences from jazz and other foreign musical styles.[citation needed]
Traditional clothing[edit]
Traditional dress is not very common with Syrian Americans, and even native Syrians; modern Western clothing is conventional in both Syria and the United States. Ethnic dance performers wear a shirwal, which are loose, baggy pants with an elastic waist. Some Muslim Syrian women wear a hijab, which is a headscarf worn by Muslim women to cover their hair. There are various styles of hijab.
Syrian Americans celebrate many religious holidays. Christian Syrian Americans celebrate most Christian holidays usually celebrated in the United States. They celebrate Christmas and Easter, but since most Syrians are Eastern Orthodox, they celebrate Easter on a different Sunday than most other Americans. Some Christians celebrate various Saints' days. Syrian American Jews celebrate the Jewish holidays, such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Purim, Passover and Shavuot. Few Syrians celebrate Syria's independence day, April 17. As American citizens, many Syrians celebrate American holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving Day.[citation needed]
Muslim Syrian Americans celebrate three main Muslim holidays: Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam), and Eid ul-Adha (Greater Bairam). Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic year, during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset; Muslims resort to self-discipline to cleanse themselves spiritually. After Ramadan is over, Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, when Muslims break their fasting and revel exuberantly. Muslims also celebrate Eid ul-Adha (which means The Festival of Sacrifice) 70 days after at the end of the Islamic year, a holiday which is held along with the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajj.[33]
Dating and marriage[edit]
Many Syrian Americans prefer traditional relationships and disfavor casual dating. Muslims can only date after completing their marriage contact, kitabt al-kitab (Arabic: كتابة الكتاب, which means "writing the book"), a period that ranges from a few months to a year or more to get used to living with one another. After this time period, a wedding takes place and fulfills the marriage. Muslims tend to marry other Muslims only. Unable to find other suitable Muslim Syrian Americans, many Muslim Syrian American have married other Muslim Americans.[8]
Syrian American marriages are usually very strong; this is reflected by the low divorce rates among Syrian Americans, which are below the average rates in the United States.[8] Generally, Syrian American partners tend to have more children than average American partners; Syrian American partners also tend to have children at early stages of their marriages. According to the United States 2000 Census, almost 62% of Syrian American households were married-couple households.[28]
Syrian Americans, including the earliest immigrants, have always placed a high premium on education. Like many other Americans, Syrian Americans view education as a necessity. Generally, Syrian and other Arab Americans are more highly educated than the average American. In the 2000 census it was reported that the proportion of Syrian Americans to achieve a bachelor's degree or higher is one and a half times that of the total American population.[28] Many Syrian Americans now work as engineers, scientists, pharmacists, and physicians.[citation needed]
Syrians are mainly Arabic speakers. While some may speak the formal literary Arabic, many Syrians speak Syrian Arabic, a dialect which belongs to the Levantine Arabic family of dialects. There are also sub-dialects in Syrian Arabic; for example, people from Aleppo have a distinct and distinguishable accent, one that differs considerably from that of people from Homs or Al-Hasakah. Syrians can usually comprehend and understand the dialects of most Arabs, especially those who speak any form of Levantine Arabic.[citation needed]
Many old Syrian American families have lost their linguistic traditions because many parents do not teach their children Arabic. Newer immigrants, however, maintain their language traditions. The 2000 census shows that 79.9% of Syrian Americans speak English "very well".[28] Throughout the United States, there are schools which offer Arabic language classes; there are also some Eastern Orthodox churches which hold Arabic services.
Aramaic dialects are spoken also, mainly by ethnic Assyrian Christians, and Western Armenian by those of Armenian ethnicity.
Notable people and contributions[edit]
Sometimes some confusion occurs between Greater Syria and the modern Syria when determining the place of origin of the earliest Syrian Americans. However, the following list comprises notable Americans who are originally people of modern Syrian heritage.
- Paula Abdul (born June 19, 1962), is a television personality, jewelry designer, multi-platinum Grammy-winning singer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer.[34] According to Abdul, she has sold over 53 million records to date.[35] Abdul found renewed fame as a judge on the highly rated television series American Idol.
- F. Murray Abraham (born October 24, 1939), is an actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in the 1984 film Amadeus. His career after Amadeus inspired the name of the phenomenon dubbed "F. Murray Abraham syndrome", attributed to Oscar winners who have difficulty obtaining comparable success and recognition despite having recognizable talent.[36]
- Moustapha Akkad (July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005), was a film director and producer originally from Aleppo; Akkad is best known for producing the series of Halloween films, and for directing the Lion of the Desert and Mohammad, Messenger of God films.[37]
- Tige Andrews (March 19, 1920 – January 27, 2007), was an Emmy-nominated character actor who was best known for his role as "Captain Adam Greer" on the television series The Mod Squad.[38]
- Paul Anka (born July 30, 1941), is a singer and song writer.[39] Anka rose to fame after many successful 1950s songs, earning him the status of a teen idol.[39] (Some sources, such as The Canadian Encyclopedia and Time magazine, suggest that Anka is of Syrian descent,[40][41] while other sources, including Anka's official website, suggest that he is of Lebanese descent.[42][43])
- Michael Ansara (April 15, 1922 – July 31, 2013), was a stage, screen and voice actor.
- Rosemary Barkett (born 1939), was the first woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court, and the first woman Chief Justice of that court. She currently serves as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
- Mitch Daniels (born April 7, 1949), is the former Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana (2005-2013) and the current President of Purdue University.[44]
- Hala Gorani (born March 1, 1970), is a news anchor and correspondent for CNN International.[45]
- Teri Hatcher (born December 8, 1964), is an actress known for her television roles as Susan Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives, and Lois Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Hatcher is Syrian from her mother's side.
- Dan Hedaya (born July 24, 1940), is a prolific character actor notable for his many Italian American film roles.[46]
- Robert M. Isaac (born January 27, 1928), is the former Republican Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in 1979, he was the first elected Mayor of the history of Colorado Springs, serving through 1997.
- Alan Jabbour (born 1942), is a folklorist and a musician.
- Malek Jandali (born December 25, 1972), is an award-winning composer and pianist originally from Homs; Jandali is best known for arranging the oldest music notation in the world of Ugarit in his album Echoes from Ugarit.[47]
- Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011), was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, the largest Disney shareholder,[48] and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. Jobs is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries.[49]
- Mohja Kahf (born 1967), poet and author
- Callie Khouri (born November 27, 1957), Hollywood writer and television producer
- Peter Lupus (born June 17, 1932), is a bodybuilder and actor, known primarily for "Mission: Impossible".
- Kurtis Mantronik (born September 4, 1965), is a hip-hop, electro funk, and dance music artist, DJ, remixer, and producer. Mantronik was the leader of the old-school band Mantronix.
- Jack Marshall (born 1936), is an author and poet.
- Paul Orfalea (born November 28, 1947), founder of Kinko's.
- Brandon Saad (born October 27, 1992), is a professional ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks, 2012–13 Calder Memorial Trophy finalist, and 2013 Stanley Cup champion.
- Louay M. Safi (born September 15, 1955), is a scholar and Human Rights activist, and a vocal critic of the Far Right. Author of numerous books and articles, Safi is active in the debate on nuclear race, social and political development, and Islam-West issues. He is the chairman of the Syrian American Congress.
- Jerry Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954), is a comedian, actor, and writer, best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the long-running sitcom Seinfeld, which he co-created and executively produced.[50]
- Yasser Seirawan (born March 24, 1960), is a chess grandmaster and 4-time US-champion.[51] Seirawan is the 69th best chess player in the world and the 2nd in the United States.[51]
- Mona Simpson (born June 14, 1957), is a novelist and essayist;[52] Simpson is also a sister of Steve Jobs.[53]
- Kelly Slater (born February 11, 1972), is a successful professional surfer and an 11 time world champion.[54]
- Wafa Sultan (born 1958), is a secular activist and vocal critic of Islam.[55] In 2006, Sultan was chosen by Time magazine to be on the Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in 2006.[56]
- Vic Tayback (January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990), was an actor who won two Golden Globe Awards for his role in the television series Alice.[57]
- Fawwaz Ulaby, is the R. Jamieson and Betty Williams Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, and the former vice president for research.
- Diana al-Hadid (born 1981), contemporary Syrian sculptor from Aleppo based in the Brooklyn, New York.
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(help) - Saliba, Najib (1992). Emigration from Syria and the Syrian-Lebanese Community of Worcester, MA. Ligonier, Pennsylvania: Antakya Press. ISBN 0-9624190-1-X. Invalid
(help) - Samovar, L. A.; Porter, R. E. (1994). Intercultural Communication: A Reader. Thomson Wadsworth. ISBN 0-534-64440-6. Invalid
(help) - Suleiman, Michael (1999). Arabs in America: Building a New Future. NetLibrary. ISBN 0-585-36553-9. Invalid
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I'm not a big fan of 300, but this trailer looks pretty nice. As far as comic-to-film adaptations go, though, I'm a bigger believer in the spirit of the law than the letter. Here's hoping that there's more than pretty pictures to look at neat year!
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Michael Bland plays drums with his band Dr. Mambo's Combo on a Monday night at Bunker's.
It's nearly 1:30 Tuesday morning. Drummer Michael Bland knows this weekly routine like a 4/4 drum pattern. He steps off the stage at Bunker's Bar and Grill, and the leader of the Minneapolis bar-band institution known as Mambo's Combo gives him a handful of cash for his night's work.
The Twin Cities' preeminent drummer could have made more money in per diems touring with the Dixie Chicks this year. But it's not about the money for the 37-year-old Minneapolitan.
"He was born in this band," says Combo guitarist Billy Franze, who has played with Bland for 20 years. "He's extremely loyal. He likes the music and he likes the people." And the Combo loves Bland. "You get spoiled," Franze said. "He's one of the top five, 10 drummers in the whole world."
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Missing voters The problem of missing names in the voters list is becoming serious in every election, including the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls. Amazingly, this problem is widespread and not confined to any state or region. In a democracy, the right to vote is the most valuable right of a citizen. One can well imagine the disappointment of those who are deprived of this right when their names do not figure in the voters list even when they possess the voters identity cards duly issued by the Election Commission. A close look at the problem suggests that the Returning Officers are not fulfilling their duties properly. Certainly, the commission cannot evade responsibility on the ground that it cannot single-handedly ensure an error-free voters list. Official callousness in the revision of electoral rolls, especially in urban areas, cannot be ruled out. Do the officials follow some specific criteria for the inclusion or deletion of electoral rolls? How will they justify the large-scale omission of names of even those who have been casting their votes for years? In Hyderabad, for instance, the officials lame excuse is that they had to follow the commissions diktat: the number of voters in each district should not exceed 66-68 per cent of the total population. And hence the peremptory deletion of the names! The Patiala example is even more shocking. The Deputy Commissioner quotes the Election Commissions new guidelines in view of the use of the electronic voting machines. At one polling booth in Patiala, the voters strength rose from 1,200 to 1,500, and as a result, the polling booths of some voters had naturally got changed, he clarifies. While the officials cannot be absolved of the blame for this mess, the problem can be resolved effectively only if the enumerators make a thorough verification of the voters, and the list is subsequently cross-checked by the officials. The voters too should do their share of work in this onerous task. They should report to the Election Commission in time about the change of address and the revision of electoral rolls accordingly. This is one way of ensuring that a citizens right to vote is protected. |
Preserved Pillay is back Odd
are the ways of the Indian Hockey Federation. Last week, it had shut the door in the face of former skipper Dhanraj Pillay and Baljit Singh Dhillon while selecting 30 probables in preparation for the Athens Olympics. And now it has included the two veterans in a group of "elite nine" for an exclusive training camp in Germany from May 27 to June 21. Why this U-turn? The IHF has a neat but unbelievable explanation for this change of mind. It says the star players were never out. They were being "preserved" for the Olympics. Whether IHF chief KPS Gill says it in so many words or not, the fact is that Pillay and Dhillon owe their inclusion to the public hue and cry over the IHF faux pas. Pillay had been shunted out not because he was no longer fighting fit but because he had been fighting with the team management a little often. What was ignored was that he always picked a quarrel over a matter of principles. The IHF bosses would have wanted him to be a meek spectator like many others but he had an independent streak. Star players tend to be temperamental. They have to be treated in a special way. That understanding does not fit in with the IHF rough and ready methods. While showing him the door, it was forgotten that he was about the best talent available. As former India skipper Jude Felix has said, he (Pillay) can "sleep, wake up and yet play better than all the players in the team". That is the view held by most followers of the game. Such players should not be shunted out merely because of their outspokenness. Now that he and Dhillon are among the probables, it is to be hoped that the team will be a balanced mixture of youth and experience. Indian hockey has shown some revival, but it is yet to reach the old heights. Becoming a force to reckon with in Asia is only a trek to the base camp. Holding one's own on the world stage is going to be the real Everest climb. |
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The other side of elections NOW that electronic voting machines are about to disgorge their secrets, it would be pointless, indeed foolish, to hold forth on the likely outcome of the 14th general election, exit polls or no exit polls. But the battle of the ballot, now drawing to a close, has thrown up several important issues that must be taken up right away because to resolve them has nothing to do with who wins or who loses. The first of these is the painfully inordinate length of the electoral process. The election notification was issued as far back as on March 26. Nearly two months would have elapsed before the new Lok Sabha is constituted. The Minister for External Affairs, Mr Yashwant Sinha, spoke on a TV channel about the agony of having to wait for 23 days before learning the result of the voting in his constituency. More importantly, a whole lot of urgent work of governments, Central and state, has remained suspended for the duration. This causes hardship to the very people whose interest the Election Commission seeks to protect by preventing governments from taking recourse to reckless populism. To say this is not to downplay the enormous problems the commission faces in conducting a poll of staggering proportions in a bewilderingly diverse country of continental size that is plagued by a series of challenges to normal democratic functioning. These include cross-border terrorism in one sensitive state, chronic ethnic insurgencies in several others, and depredations of Maoist groups active in Andhra, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and parts of Maharashtra in an unbroken chain from the Nepal border to the Andhra seashore. Then there are horrifying activities of honest-to-goodness criminals that often enjoy powerful political patronage. Which other democracy can boast of such charming pastimes as booth-capturing and intimidation of voters, and where else can veiled members of private armies appear on TV to offer their services to the highest bidder in the interest of keeping undesirable candidates out of the race? It is only fair to add that the appalling law and order situation has been aggravated by the socio-economic conflict arising from the stranglehold of caste on the polity, caste-based reservations of jobs, and the growing gap between shining India and the vast areas of darkness. In this daunting situation, some of the state governments, instead of helping in the conduct of a free and fair poll, have themselves become a hindrance to it. Leave alone the notorious goings-on in Bihar, often called Lalooland, or in Gujarat, nicknamed by some the autonomous republic of Modiland. What has happened in the Left Front stronghold, West Bengal, is shocking beyond belief. The ruling fronts chairman, Mr Biman Bose, had openly threatened the Election Commissions observers in the state that his cadres a euphemism for thugs and goons would grab the EC officials doing their duty by the collar and hand them over to the West Bengal police! The meaning of this effrontery being crystal clear, the commission did well to warn those concerned that it would be constrained to countermand the entire election in West Bengal. This appears to have had a sobering effect on the arrogant leaders, but the fact that they dared to stage the sordid episode at all is alarming enough. However, even after one recognises all this and accepts that 150,000 troops of the Central paramilitary forces have to be deployed, moving them from one area to another, the fact remains that this can be done over a shorter period than has happened this time around. In any case, potentially the most troublesome areas are located principally in the Hindi heartland, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. In most other states the poll can be easily conducted on a single day with the help of the state police and armed constabulary, supervised by the Election Commission observers and perhaps a small contingent of Central forces. According to one report, the EC had initially wanted to divide the election to Rajasthans 25 seats in two stages. It was at the state governments insistence that entire Rajasthan went to the polls simultaneously and peacefully. To be sure, in sensitive and super-sensitive constituencies, the need for Central deployments will be much the greater. But why move them only by rail or road? Some Central police forces do have aircraft of their own though in limited numbers. There is no reason, however, why the massive transport fleet of the IAF and the Army also should not be pressed into the service of democracy. The widespread and mutually reinforcing nexus between crime and politics is doubtless a harder nut to crack. But that only makes the task of doing so all the more imperative. The number of persons, many of them generally believed to be Mafia dons with heinous criminal charges against them, who fought the elections from jail is frighteningly large. The Patna High Court tried to take liberties with the law and elementary principles of justice when it all but directed the EC to countermand all elections in which candidates included those behind bars. The Supreme Court has appropriately stayed this judgement. But the matter cannot be allowed to rest at that. Criminals strutting on the political stage can be put in their place only after they have been convicted. This cannot happen until the criminal investigation system remains as corrupt and incompetent as it is and judicial delays continue to be the order of the day. For this the judiciary that, like Gods mills, grinds slowly and the executive that, for reasons of its own, refuses to fill the large numbers of judicial vacancies must share the blame. To suggest, as the Law Commission has done, that anyone against whom charges have been framed by a court of law (not by the government alone) should be automatically debarred from seeking election would be a remedy worse than the disease. In a country where a judge could be persuaded to issue a non-bailable warrant against the President of India, what is so difficult about getting courts to frame charges against individuals targeted by the powers that be? The
N. N. Vohra Committees useful report on the subject of crime and politics is gathering dust. It was presented during Mr
P. V. Narasimha Raos time. Since then five governments have come and gone. But, leave alone implementing it, no government has even agreed to release it. Its contents continue to be a heavily guarded state secret. That is where the rub
lies. |
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are two chhipkalis in the bedroom! came the frantic call from my wife one fine evening. All alone at home a moment ago, she now had company, repellently reptilian. One had popped out of a cupboard; another had emerged from behind a curtain. Come on, they are just lizards, I said. Just lizards? she exclaimed, as if they were crocodiles. Her SOS was loud and clear: get rid of them. Now lizards and myself had coexisted peacefully during my bachelor days, with both minding their own business. The walls and ceiling of my room had been their domain, their happy hunting-ground. Apparently unaware of my just married status, they had now reappeared with the onset of summer. When I reached home, my wife greeted me with an ultimatum drive them out of the room or I wont sleep in it. She showed me the creatures that had dared to invade our marital territory. Seeing them through her eyes, they no longer looked innocuous to me. Their glistening eyes and twitching tails, so commonplace a sight in the past, now gave me a creepy feeling. Pretending to be unruffled, I set about the task in a systematic way. I inspected the arsenal at home. There was Lakshmanrekha chalk for cockroaches, naphthalene balls for moths, a mat machine for mosquitoes, but nothing to ward off lizards a reminder of my past tolerance for the latter. Losing my mock equanimity, I removed a shoe and was about to hurl it when my wife stopped me. Dont kill them! Just shoo them out, she said. I tried to do it with the shoe, but it merely made the twosome wriggle up the wall. Then I got hold of a broom and waved it at them. Showing some consideration for the newly-weds, one slithered down the wall, then along the floor and out of the room. Half the battle was won. When I tried to brush away the other one, it disappeared behind the dressing table. Banging and shaking the piece of furniture perturbed my wife more than the lizard. She quickly removed her fragile cosmetics items from the shelf. Meanwhile, I got down on all fours to locate the tricky little thing. But it was nowhere to be seen. Why dont you move the table?, she suggested, now that her items were safe. Rather gingerly, I moved it a bit. There it was, the scaly devil, clinging to the rear of a drawer. I hesitated at going too close to it, for an unfamiliar fear of the species had gripped me. As I failed to dislodge it, there seemed to be only one option left to drag the dressing table through the door out into the terrace. Perhaps emboldened by my not-so-bold efforts, my wife volunteered to help me. In a joint (ad)venture, using our feet more than hands, we managed to push the object out of the room. But despite all the pushing and shoving, the creature clung on tight. Not stopping to wonder why, we rushed inside and bolted the door. At last we were in, they were out, and I clung to the hope that things would stay that
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The man who won Andhra for Congress
He had famously vowed to take political sanyas if the Congress failed to come to power in Andhra Pradesh in these elections. Many thought it was his frustration that made him make such an impulsive statement. But YSR, as Dr Yaduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy is known, knew that this was his last chance to the coveted post of Chief Minister. He went all out and ran an indefatigable campaign against TDP supreme N Chandrababu Naidu, who everybody thought was difficult to fight against. The 55-year-old firebrand leader, who assiduously built up a mass base for himself and the party through his arduous padayatras across the state, has finally realised his long-cherished dream, a dream that eluded him many a time in the past, when on Wednesday he was unanimously elected as the Congress Legislature Party leader. Born into a Protestant Christian family at Pulivendula in Cuddapah district on July 8, 1949, Reddy graduated from M R Medical College at Gulbarga in neighbouring Karnataka and served as a Medical Officer at a missionary hospital in Cuddapah district before setting up a 70-bed charitable hospital at his hometown Pulivendula. Dubbed a perpetual dissident by his detractors within the party, Reddy started his political career at a young age of 28 and was first elected to the Assembly in 1978 from Pulivendula, a constituency that has returned him five times so far. Reddy had served four terms in the Lok Sabha, following his election from Cuddapah in 1989,1991, 1996 and 1998, before returning to state politics to lead the party in the 1999 elections. A Gandhi-Nehru loyalist to the core, Reddy lost out on his claim for the post during 1989-1994 to Congress groupism. Embittered over the denial, Reddy, who never lost an election in his 26-year long political career, led an internal revolt against former Congress Chief Ministers M Channa Reddy and K Vijayabhaskar Reddy and came to acquire the image of an impulsive leader. Now a much-mellowed Reddy has recast his image as a charismatic leader of the masses through his relentless fight against the government in the last five years. After he was made leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) in 1999, Rajasekhara Reddy led the party from the front and gave it a direction. His forceful attacks on the Chandrababu Naidu government and the agitation programmes that he had continually taken up since then have truly turned the Congress as a serious challenger from being a pretender. The watershed in his long political career came in April last year when he undertook a gruelling 70-day, 1,500-km padayatra, covering 11 districts, to highlight the misrule of the TDP government. This historic journey helped him overcome the tag of Rayalaseema faction leader to be the front-runner for the Chief Ministers post. Reddy was a political contemporary of Chandrababu Naidu during the Youth Congress days, but the two leaders later found themselves in the opposite camps when Naidu chose to join his father-in-laws Telugu Desam Party after the Congress was routed in the 1983 poll. Reddy later became a bitter critic of Naidu, never losing an opportunity to denounce the latters economic policies as anti-poor. Now, Dr Reddy claims that his priorities as Chief Minister would be farm sector, irrigation, industrial growth and employment generation and focus on rectifying regional imbalances. But running the new government may not exactly be a cozy affair for the doctor-turned-politician, who is not comfortable with the ally Telangana Rashtra Samithis strident demands for a separate Telangana state. TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao does not consider YSR a friend either and will try to make life a little difficult for the Congress government on the Telangana issue. While Reddy always stuck to his position that the Congress will only recommend for the constitution of a second State Reorganisation Committee to go into the issue of separate statehood for various regions in the country, Rao wants a firm commitment on securing a separate Telangana within six months. The other issue that will test the mettle of the new government will be fulfilling the promise of free power to the agriculture sector. YSR vowed that the first task of the Congress government would be to sign on the file providing free power, which is easier said than done, considering the states frail financial health. The Naxalite issue is another problem that the new Congress government is saddled with. The Naxalites, most prominently the Peoples War Group (PWG), had for the first time, openly declared their support to the opposition parties and warned people against voting for TDP-BJP combine. In this backdrop, the Congress government would be morally bound to lift the ban on the militant outfit and put a stop to the so-called encounter killings. Which again is a tough decision to take from the administrations point of view, considering that the police has been waging a relentless war against Naxalism in the state for years now. The pressures of group politics, for which the Congress is synonymous, is another thorn that Dr Reddy will have to live with during his hopefully longer tenure than his Congress predecessors. |
From Pakistan KARACHI: Renowned scholar and educationist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy earned accolades for his well-produced documentary film, Crossing the lines Kashmir, Pakistan, India, which was screened on Tuesday by the Pakistan Peace Coalition in collaboration with the Eqbal Ahmed Foundation at the auditorium of the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs. While the movie went down very well with the audience, who mostly shared Dr Hoodbhoys ideas about the need for the immediate normalization of relations between India and Pakistan, a few censorious critics said that the documentary film disregarded quite a few aspects of the subcontinents history and was not balanced on the whole. The 45-minute documentary film traces the history of the Kashmir issue in a very analytical style. The opening shots show frenzied communal activists on both sides of the border vowing to destroy each others countries root and branch.
Clampdown on journalists
LAHORE: More than one dozen local journalists and photographers, besides Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) representatives, fell victim to the police highhandedness on their way to Allama Iqbal International Airport
on Tuesday. The media persons, attempting to proceed towards the airport for the coverage of PML (N) leader Mian Shahbaz Sharifs arrival and deportation, were beaten up and thrashed by the police personnel deployed at Amjad Chowk, some four-kilometre away from the airport. The heavy contingent of the police deployed at the road leading to the airport, stopped their vehicles forcing them to go back as no coverage was allowed by the government.
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Tension in Waziristan
WANA: The situation in South Waziristan Agency was again tense after differences emerged between the government and tribal representative Nek Mohammad over the registration of the foreigners. Though the government has not yet started any action against the foreigners and their local shelters, the military and paramilitary troops from adjacent settled districts and other tribal regions have started moving towards South Waziristan Agency. Meanwhile, the elders of the Zalikhel Ahmadzai Wazir tribe have decided to organise a traditional Lashkar (force) comprising 1,800 youngsters for carrying out action under their territorial responsibilities against the foreigners.
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Altaf demands ban on Jamaat
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain has alleged that the Jamaat-e-Islami is involved in the Hyderi Mosque bomb blast and appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali to impose a ban on the JI as, he said, the party is against the Pakistan movement. Addressing the last election rally held at Malir, Azizabad and New Karachi on Monday night, he strongly criticised the JI and the MMA for creating sectarian unrest and for promoting negative thinking among the masses. He warned the religious parties not to test the patience of the MQM and warned that the situation would change if he allowed his party workers to reply. |
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. Confucius A rich man shall hardly enter the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ The Devas are ever pure and in harmony with each other. The Vedas The name of God is the only remedy for the suffering humanity. Guru Nanak Be sincere in your practice, words and deed. You will feel blessed! Sarada Devi A true Muslim is thankful to God in prosperity and is resigned to His Will in his adversity. Prophet Muhammad |
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Much has been written of plants we love — roses and jasmine, Italian herbs and heritage apple trees — but what about the plants that give us cause to fear? I personally love a plant with a checkered past, a rap sheet, a dark secret. When I stumble across one of these evildoers, I'm always tempted to sidle up alongside them and whisper, "They say you killed a man." There's nothing like a good villain. Here are some of the most notorious criminals in the plant kingdom.
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum): Socrates might be this plant's most famous victim, but I like the description by Nicander, a Roman doctor who recounted its effects in about 150 BC. "This drink assuredly looses disaster upon the head bringing darkness of night? for a short while the victim draws breath like one swooning, and his spirit beholds Hades."
Castor Bean (Ricinus communis): Ricin, the poison extracted from this gorgeous tropical plant, was used to assassinate Communist defector Georgi Markov in the famous "umbrella murder."
Wormwood (Artemesia absinthum): This ne'er-do-well stands falsely accused. While the fragrant herb is used to flavor absinthe, it's not fair to blame the drink's maddening powers solely on wormwood. As a 130-proof spirit, absinthe is more than twice as alcoholic as gin or vodka, making it lethal all by itself.
Calabar Bean (Physostigma venenosum): Dr. Livingstone, I presume? The famous explorer reported that this bean was used in Africa to dispense justice: If it killed you, you were guilty, and if it didn't, you must be innocent. Sounds fair, right?
Death Camas (Zigadenus venenosus): Speaking of explorers, one historian believes that members of the Lewis and Clark expedition might have eaten this bulb by accident, mistaking it for an edible look-alike. They were sick for weeks, then struggled on through a miserable winter.
Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum): Die-hard gardeners grow this flower with impunity (though it's illegal) — but don't forget that heroin has claimed the lives of Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Dee Dee Ramone and countless others.
White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum syn. Ageratina altissima): The weed that changed the life of the man who changed our lives. Abraham Lincoln was only 9 when his mother died of milk sickness, an illness caused by drinking the milk of cows that have grazed on this poisonous plant.
Monkshood (Aconitum napellus): The leaves bear a striking resemblance to parsley, and the roots have been mistaken for horseradish. Nazis used it as an ingredient for poisoned bullets. You should wear gloves around it in the garden.
Tobacco(Nicotiana tabacum): Tobacco leaves pump out nicotine, a substance so toxic that it makes an effective pesticide — but it doesn't just kill bugs. Ninety million people dead — enough said.


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Hi, i am using Windows Vista since past few months. Today i need an help from you all. Somebody please tell me how can i associate a USB device with a Generic Print driver on a Virtual USB port? When i was using Windows XP i was able to do this by going through the step of connecting the device to the generic driver. But when i try to do the same in Windows Vista it asks me for a driver and wont allow me to as i was doing in XP. can anyone please tell me how do we do this in Vista? please reply soon. |
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Vista won't create a USB-port whithout a driver. I needed to setup a Ticket printer -parallel- on a Laptop without parallel port. Tried USB-parallel adapter. Installed software from EPSON but plug & play failed to match the recognized hardware with the driver: APD ver. 4... from EPSON. Dead end??? ... not yet. I told windows Vista NOT TO ASK for a driver on the device. This left a no-driver device at "Other devices" group in the device manager, with the printer recongized name. Voila! There I can start DRIVER Update wizard and configure manually for a Generic Text/Only printer. I guess I may also have used the EPSON installed driver, but I really don't need but plain ASCII text printing for my tickets. Fajitas |
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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing inexorably in Western countries and developing nations. Epidemiological studies indicate that one-half to three-quarters of people with T2DM are destined to die of cardiovascular events and their sequelae. Considerable controversy exists, however, concerning the mediators of this increased risk and whether treatment can reduce the risk.
John M. Miles, M.D., of the Division of Endocrinology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., says: "Although early scientists assumed that hyperglycemia was the mediator of all of the complications of diabetes, many studies undertaken over the past half-century have cast doubt on this notion. This research indicates that many factors, including hypertension, dyslipidemia and a prothrombotic state, contribute to the increased cardiovascular risk of type 2 diabetes."
The nonischemic cardiomyopathy that occurs in T2DM is an area of increasing interest to investigators. Ananda Basu, MBBS, M.D., of the Division of Endocrinology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, explains: "The notion that fatty heart (the accumulation of lipid in the heart muscle, analogous to fatty liver) is a common occurrence in obesity and type 2 diabetes and mediates diastolic dysfunction leading, in some cases, to overt heart failure has gained credence in recent years on the basis of results from animal and human studies. There is virtually no information on the effect of diabetes pharmacotherapy on this phenomenon."
Before 1995, pharmacological treatment of T2DM in the United States was limited to insulin and sulfonylurea agents. Dr. Miles notes: "Since that time, numerous new agents with unique and disparate mechanisms of action have become available. It is now clear that there are marked differences among agents in their nonglycemic effects, with potential implications regarding cardiovascular risk reduction."
The U.K. Prospective Diabetes Study demonstrated that insulin provision therapy in the form of either insulin or sulfonylureas produced a statistically significant (P=.01), but somewhat disappointing (~15%), reduction in the incidence of myocardial infarction, durable over 20 years of follow-up.
Dr. Miles explains: "The same study showed a one-third reduction in myocardial infarction with metformin over 20 years. The differences between the modest benefit of insulin provision and the more robust effect of metformin could not be explained by differences in glycemic control. What, then, is the explanation?
"These observations explain, in part, why the American Diabetes Association recommends metformin as first line therapy for type 2 diabetes."
Dr. Basu says: "Other classes of diabetes agents, such as thiazolidinediones (TZDs) and a-glucosidase inhibitors, have been shown to have favorable effects on cardiovascular outcomes in some clinical trials, although results are inconsistent:
"Although improvements in forearm endothelial function have been shown with acute administration of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and GLP-1 agonists, hard outcome data are not yet available with long-term exposure to these agents. In addition, GLP-1 agonists lower blood pressure and triglycerides levels, raise high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and produce significant weight loss. This result stands in contrast to sulfonylureas, which are associated with weight gain and do not have favorable effects on blood pressure, lipid levels or endothelial function."
Dr. Miles concludes: "Thus, there are many roads to Rome and it matters how you get there. It should be acknowledged that insulin and sulfonylureas remain important and necessary tools for the treatment of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes. In the presence of difficult-to-manage dyslipidemia, hypertension and a generally increased risk profile, however, the nonglycemic effects of diabetes agents should be taken into consideration when selecting therapy. Metformin should be prescribed as monotherapy or in combination with other agents, including insulin and sulfonylureas, for most overweight and obese patients unless there is a specific contraindication to its use."
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/clinical-updates/general-medical/type-2-diabetes-cardiovascular-disease-managing-one-prevent-other


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2015 is set to be another great year for cycling in Yorkshire with the Tour De Yorkshire stage race in May bringing top level pro cycling to our county and of course Stage 3 bringing the riders through Ilkley and up the Cow & Calf Climb . ICC will no doubt be out in force to enjoy the spectacle
As well as a great spectator sport , cycling is very much an activity in Ilkley Cycling Club for participants at all levels from those learning to ride with their families , joining in our youth activities or wanting to join one of our social rides ( see the Rides page ), challenging themselves at our renowned White Rose Classic Sportive,( entry here) to our local club racers keen to succeed across all the cycling disciplines ( details on our Racing pages )
Our training day on Saturday 28th Feb at the Steven Burke Sports Hub , Nelson was a great success & well attended by young people and adults – it shows what great use we could make of our own local off road circuit facility – hopefully our plans will see some progress in 2015.
Club race events include our Open 10 Mile TT on the local Addingham Circuit 15th March – entries Via CTT online - and our Open 25 Mile TT on the Boroughbridge Circuit 5th April – Online entry open now. ICC 's 2 day team race will take place again the last weekend in May ,and the Town Centre Races will bring all of Ilkley out again on June 24th . We have the White Rose Classic on June 28th and our 'vintage tweed' ride the day before . Later in the year we will be running our really successful ICC Cyclocross event again.
Volunteer helpers from the club are requested at all these events – contact me via firstname.lastname@example.com and I can put you in touch with the relevant organiser. (more…)
ICC 25 Mile Time Trial Event – 5th April – Results Thanks to Ged Millward for organising and all marshals , helpers & bakers . A successful event again with a record entry & field . ICC Results Sheet FINAL VERSION Read More
ICC member Neil Harris is raising money for 2 charities this year by cycling coast to coast in America (mainly solo with a tent). It's about 4,500 miles and he's aiming to do it in 50 days so a good average mileage given the Read More


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2005.23: The Conditioning of Linearizations of Matrix Polynomials
2005.23: Nicholas J. Higham, D. Steven Mackey and Françoise Tisseur (2006) The Conditioning of Linearizations of Matrix Polynomials. SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl., 28 (4). pp. 1005-1028. ISSN 0895-4798
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The standard way of solving the polynomial eigenvalue problem of degree $m$ in $n\times n$ matrices is to ``linearize'' to a pencil in $mn\times mn$ matrices and solve the generalized eigenvalue problem. For a given polynomial, $P$, infinitely many linearizations exist and they can have widely varying eigenvalue condition numbers. We investigate the conditioning of linearizations from a vector space $\mathbb{DL}(P)$ of pencils recently identified and studied by Mackey, Mackey, Mehl, and Mehrmann. We look for the best conditioned linearization and compare the conditioning with that of the original polynomial. Two particular pencils are shown always to be almost optimal over linearizations in $\mathbb{DL}(P)$ for eigenvalues of modulus greater than or less than 1, respectively, provided that the problem is not too badly scaled and that the pencils are linearizations. Moreover, under this scaling assumption, these pencils are shown to be about as well conditioned as the original polynomial. For quadratic eigenvalue problems that are not too heavily damped, a simple scaling is shown to convert the problem to one that is well scaled. We also analyze the eigenvalue conditioning of the widely used first and second companion linearizations. The conditioning of the first companion linearization relative to that of $P$ is shown to depend on the coefficient matrix norms, the eigenvalue, and the left \ev s of the linearization and of $P$. The companion form is found to be potentially much more ill conditioned than $P$, but if the 2-norms of the coefficient matrices are all approximately 1 then the companion form and $P$ are guaranteed to have similar condition numbers. Analogous results hold for the second companion form. Our results are phrased in terms of both the standard relative condition number and the condition number of Dedieu and Tisseur for the problem in homogeneous form, this latter condition number having the advantage of applying to zero and infinite eigenvalues.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | matrix polynomial, matrix pencil, linearization, companion form, condition number, homogeneous form, quadratic eigenvalue problem, vector space, scaling |
Subjects: | MSC 2000 > 15 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory MSC 2000 > 65 Numerical analysis |
MIMS number: | 2005.23 |
Deposited By: | Nick Higham |
Deposited On: | 19 December 2006 |
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